Friday, November 30, 2012
University Snooker and Pool, Heverlee
Leuven vs. Gent, 5-4
The Leuven team:
- Toon Van Herreweghen (1/3)
- Patrick De Wilde (0/2)
- Johan Segers (2/2)
- Marc Van Haverbeke (2/2)
The Gent team:
- Bert Van Kerckhove (1/3)
- Geert Van der Stricht (2/3)
- Johan Vervust (1/3)
Round 1: Leuven vs. Gent, 2-1
Toon – Johan V., 0-1
Johan S. – Geert, 1-0
Marc – Bert, 1-0
Johan V. walks over Toon, 7-0, after a doubled gammon when leading 3-0. Geert is no match against Johan S.’s powerful dice. Marc and Bert reach 5-5, neither player doubles, and Bert wins a point to get to a 6-5 Crawford lead. But Marc survives the Crawford game and wins the double match point. Leuven leads 2-1, but Gent is determined to fight back.
Round 2: Leuven vs. Gent, 1-2
Toon – Geert, 0-1
Patrick – Bert, 0-1
Johan S. – Johan V., 1-0
Again a quick defeat for Toon, 0-7, to Geert. And again Johan S.’s magic dice pop up, leaving Johan V. in the back seat. Patrick reaches a match winning position, Bert having a crunched back game, but loses on time. After 2 rounds, the score is 3-3.
Round 3: Leuven vs. Gent, 2-1
Toon – Bert, 1-0
Patrick – Geert, 0-1
Marc – Johan V., 1-0
Three matches to play; the team that wins two or more matches, will win the 4 Cubes 2012. No luck for Patrick, who loses a doubled backgammon in the first game; Geert leads 6-0. Patrick fights back, wins the Crawford game, but the hill to climb is to steep, and he succumbs. One match already in the pocket for Gent. After heavy fighting, Toon – Bert and Marc – Johan V. both culminate in double match point. Toon is the first to emerge on top. The final game between Marc and Johan V. will decide the 4 Cubes 2012. After a favorable opening sequence, Marc pushes Johan V. back in an ace-point game with too little timing. Marc wins, hardly believing what has happened.
Bottles of champagne are opened, and 4 Cubes tournament director Guy Van Middelem hands over the 4 Cubes trophy from Gent, who has held them since January 2010, to Leuven.
But most importantly, the 4 Cubes competition new style has been success, uniting clubs from Hasselt to Brugge in a live, national, interclub tournament.
See you in 2013!